Rhode Island Department of HealthState of Rhode Island
Department of Health
Rhode Island Department of HealthState of Rhode Island
Department of Health
RIDOH does not directly provide copies of immunization records to members of the public. Immunization records can only be released to healthcare institutions, childcare facilities, schools, colleges, or employee health offices.
RIDOH started collecting immunization information on children in 1997 using KIDSNET. The immunization registry was expanded in 2020 to include adult immunization information using the Rhode Island Child and Adult Immunization Registry, or RICAIR.
Rhode Island primary care professionals have access to KIDSNET/RICAIR and can provide you with a copy of your immunization record.
Rhode Island school nurse teachers also have access to KIDSNET/RICAIR to check if students have met school vaccination requirements.
Please contact RIDOH.RICAIR@health.ri.gov for assistance sending records to out-of-state healthcare institutions or school/college health services.
RICAIR has very limited immunization information from the years prior to 1997. It is unlikely that RIDOH has a childhood immunization record for people born before 1997.
The best source for vaccination records is your primary care office. However, they may not have records from your childhood.
Primary care healthcare professionals have access to RICAIR and may have additional information from other sources. Many primary care offices have patient portals where you can access your immunization record.
Since the Fall of 2020, pharmacies and some healthcare institutions began sending information about vaccines recently administered to adults in Rhode Island to RICAIR. Rhode Island primary care healthcare professionals have access to KIDSNET/RICAIR and can provide you with a copy of your vaccination record.
The Rhode Island Medical Society may have information about where records from a deceased or retired physician are stored. Gorwood Medical Systems and Iron Mountain are the most common record storage locations.
Rhode Island Medical Society
235 Promenade Street, Suite 500A
Providence, RI 02908
401-331-3207
rimedicalsociety.org
Gorwood Medical Systems
160 Bear Hill Road
Cumberland, RI 02864
401-333-9090
solutions@gorwood.com
Iron Mountain Chepachet
24 Snake Hill Road
Chepachet, RI 02814
1-800-899-4766
locations@ironmountain.com